Many years ago, when the first quad core CPU's hit the market, I had a friend working in Intel. I got myself a Q6600 quad core for pennies on the euro and promptly installed Gentoo. Oh how I made that CPU work for the pennies I paid for it.
Honestly it was the only thing at the time to tax a quad core. Most games were not well optimised for 4 cores and more or less nothing else was anything but single threaded.
but jokes aside though, does every single software update is to be compiled locally? If so then it is quite of a power hungry system for a desktop use. I'd understand if gentoo is tailored more on minimal server use that updates much less frequently.
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rtxn@lemmy.world · 56 pts · 244d
Drill holes in your CPU for better cooling!
imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 13 pts · 244d
It had to be the "install SteamOS on anything" guy
Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 244d
"You need a cooler for a PC, unless you go full Bringus."
Camille_Jamal@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 242d
Dankpods viewer found in the wild?
Me too (sometimes)
Asetru@feddit.org · 32 pts · 244d
Why would I remove my laptop fans? They're the ones that keep up their morale and cheer them on.
tetris11@feddit.uk · 5 pts · 244d
Yeah, and the heatsink is the only thing that serves decent food
khannie@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 244d
Many years ago, when the first quad core CPU's hit the market, I had a friend working in Intel. I got myself a Q6600 quad core for pennies on the euro and promptly installed Gentoo. Oh how I made that CPU work for the pennies I paid for it.
Honestly it was the only thing at the time to tax a quad core. Most games were not well optimised for 4 cores and more or less nothing else was anything but single threaded.
Mwa@thelemmy.club · 5 pts · 244d
What if i use Passive cooling ;)
Camille_Jamal@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 242d
How did you get yours to be passive? Mine are all passive aggressive!
enbiousenvy@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 243d
gentoo isn't environmentally friendly
but jokes aside though, does every single software update is to be compiled locally? If so then it is quite of a power hungry system for a desktop use. I'd understand if gentoo is tailored more on minimal server use that updates much less frequently.
hexagonwin@lemmy.sdf.org · 3 pts · 241d
i believe they started providing binary packages recently, i never tried gentoo properly so not sure though
enbiousenvy@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 241d
oh yea I vaguely remember seen that
turns out it's been 2 years https://www.gentoo.org/news/2023/12/29/Gentoo-binary.html
DeltaWingDragon@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 244d
Sweet, I've always wanted to fry eggs on my CPU!